Commission statement: Democracy and justice in Romania (2017/2548(RSP))
Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Esteban González Pons, on behalf of the PPE Group, Josef Weidenholzer, on behalf of the S&D Group, Monica Macovei, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Ioan Mircea Paşcu, Norica Nicolai, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Barbara Spinelli, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Maria Grapini, Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Roberta Metsola, who also replied to a blue-card question by Andi Cristea, Victor Boştinaru, Mircea Diaconu, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, who declined a blue-card question from Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Birgit Sippel, who declined a blue-card question from Paul Rübig, and Viorica Dăncilă.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Cristian Dan Preda, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Notis Marias, António Marinho e Pinto, Csaba Sógor, Claudia Țapardel, Daniel Buda, Andi Cristea, Siegfried Mureşan, Maria Grapini and Jean-Paul Denanot.